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Aspidosperma excelsum
Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Dogbane family

Aspidosperma excelsum

LC Least Concern

Names

English—
Dutch—
SpanishCostillo
Chinese桨树
Scientific nameAspidosperma excelsum Benth.

About this species

Aspidosperma excelsum (common name remo caspi) is a tree in the family Apocynaceae which grows up to one hundred feet (thirty meters) in height. It is native to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Panama, and Costa Rica. Its most interesting characteristic is its trunk, which has a deeply sinuous cross-section, usually described as stellate, It is thought these sinuosities offer some protection against strangling figs (ficus spp), Copay (Clusia spp) and other stranglers by making it more difficult to encircle the tree's cambium.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyApocynaceae
GenusAspidosperma

In Suriname

130Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1855First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini23
  • Para11
  • Brokopondo5
  • Nickerie2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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